5 More Top Anti-Virus Apps for Android

Another list of some of the more popular anti-virus apps for Android around to help Android users protect themselves from mobile security threats.

It’s no secret that hackers are targeting Android users in ever greater numbers these days. In fact, nearly 1 million Android users were infected with malware during the first six months of this year alone.

Unlike the “simple flip-phones of yesteryear,” as ESET security researcher Cameron Camp pointed out in the past, people now have a “computer that happens to make phone calls.”

Last month I compiled a list of the “Top 5 Anti-Virus Apps for Android“, and since the problem will certainly never go away, I felt it worthwhile to add to that list with 5 more.

Bitdefender Mobile Security is what the company calls a “next-gen antivirus solution” for Android devices that uses little (to zero) system or battery power while providing users with a safer and more informed Android experience.

2. Kaspersky Mobile Security

Kaspersky is also already well known in the desktop PC anti-virus business, and it too is using that talent to help protect Android device users.

Features:

Remotely lock or wipe your phone

Locate lost smartphone using GPS, GSM or Wi-Fi

SIM card watch

Call & SMS filter

Privacy protection

Anti-malware Protection

Kaspersky Mobile Security infuses a well-rounded assortment of anti-theft, anti-malware, privacy protection, and call/SMS filter tools to help users protect both their data as well as their privacy.

Since millions of desktop PC users already use Norton to protect their desktop PCs, Norton Mobile Security Lite is probably one of better choices since it helps maintain a single point of reference to secure both platforms.